Now, a team from Harvard University has come up with a solution for this problem by using the body's own bacteria in a gel form. If you get a cut on your skin, you stick a band-aid on it.

GEOFFREY GURTNER: It looks kind of like a gel Band-Aid with electronic circuits on the top. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Dr. Geoffrey Gurtner chairs the department of surgery at the University of Arizona.

A team at MIT has developed a gel-like material that is sticky, ... "Smart Band-Aid" flexes, delivers medicine and more By Eric Mack. December 09, 2015 Facebook; Twitter; ...

MIT engineers have designed what may be the Band-Aid of the future: a sticky, stretchy, gel-like material that can incorporate temperature sensors, LED lights, and other electronics, as well as ...

“With regards to our product, while I can understand someone’s initial reaction of the pain associated with removing a band-aid, our product used a novel gel material that doesn’t hurt or ...

MIT hydrogel band-aid is like a computer. An curved arrow pointing right. X LinkedIn Copy Link. The letter F. Matt Johnston. 2015-12-17T15:08:00Z An curved arrow pointing right. X ...

GEOFFREY GURTNER: It looks kind of like a gel Band-Aid with electronic circuits on the top. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Dr. Geoffrey Gurtner chairs the department of surgery at the University of Arizona.

Coming soon to an injury near you, smart bandages - first aid that can talk to your doctor and even deliver medical treatment. (SOUNDBITE OF BAND-AID COMMERCIAL) UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (Singer) I am ...

SCHMITZ: Think of them as high-tech cousins to the Band-Aids you put on your scraped knee as a kid. GEOFFREY GURTNER: It looks kind of like a gel Band-Aid with electronic circuits on the top ...

Coming soon to an injury near you, smart bandages - first aid that can talk to your doctor and even deliver medical treatment. (SOUNDBITE OF BAND-AID COMMERCIAL) UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (Singer) I am ...

Coming soon to an injury near you, smart bandages - first aid that can talk to your doctor and even deliver medical treatment. (SOUNDBITE OF BAND-AID COMMERCIAL) UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (Singer) I am ...